Open nominations for committee Chair & Secretary
Establish process and time line
for election 15 minutes

Review Programming Policy of 11/16/09
and motion passed by PNB on April 10 20 minutes

Review Item from Program Policy of 11/16/09 20 minutes
with discussion on steps to raise funds to
support Pacifica national and local programming.

#3 Resolved:

The National Program Committee recommends that the PNB adopt a position on underwriting by non-profit groups.

The PNB's Programming Committee members, for the balance of this calendar year, will seek ways to work in consultation
with the National Office, with LSB Program Councils/Committees, LSBs and with General Managers, Program Directors and
programmers to solicit their input, and promote a collaborative process to implement programming policies, goals and
plans.

Motions submitted by Leslie Radford on 6.1.09
Motion to ensure the collaborative processes enshrined in National Programming Policy

derived from a motion passed by the KPFK Local Station Board without objection 4/21/09

In compliance with the letter and spirit of the collaborative process articulated in the National Programming Policy
adopted in 2006, the Pacifica National Board Programming Committee shall establish and maintain a collaborative process
between governance and management throughout the network “in the development of any new regular program or long-terms
series that is produced nationally;” and further, in accord with the National Programming Policy, mandates that any such
proposals “shall be brought to the PNB Programming Committee for review to assure that both network and local needs are
met.”

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Motion to initiate discussion on re-structuring and the recruitment and training of volunteer programmers

a motion passed by the KPFK Local Station Board without objection 4/21/09

In accordance with Article 5.0 of the National Program Policy, which calls on stations to train current and new
volunteers in order to bring new voices to the air, every station shall initiate discussions regarding the role of paid
producers and volunteer staff and initiate programs to recruit and train community volunteer programmers.

Motion on Underwriting

The Pacifica National Board does not support any form of station or program on-air announcements of corporate
underwriters or sponsors, as defined by the FCC (see attached) on Pacifica's airwaves, including identification of
sponsors and underwriters.

Adjourn 10:00 PM

Please note that following are relevant documents for discussion and attached are documents pertaining to past work of
this committee.
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Following are notes from March 30th meeting (provided by David Beaton):

Presentation by Rob Robinson on past years work.
He spoke of historically of 2 problems that have existed.
1. No structure, no plans, no goals or policies in place for programming
2. With no direction and how do we measure or evaluate programming?

He reminded us that programs are our products, what we produce to fulfill our mission. He spoke of Programming Policy
adopted in 2006 and resolutions since then from the committee.

Kathy gave overview since the coup. She stated that Programming is just a piece of the networks problems.

Open discussion on Localism, nationalism, parochialism ensued.

Motion to encourage GMs to focus on programming improvement as per resolution of Nov. 14, 2008 and ask them what they
might need to accomplish such goals as stated in the resolution. Put forward by David Beaton.

Rob Robinson's amendment failed
Rob y
George y
David n
Lisa n
Kathy n

David Beaton's Motion passed
David y
George y
Rob n
Lisa n
Kathy y

adjourned 9:45pm
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Motion Passed by PNB 4/10/09

1. Motion that the PNB ask the Executive Director (IED) to encourage the General Managers to focus on programming
improvement as per resolution of Nov. 14, 2008 and ask them what they might need to accomplish such goals as stated in
the resolution.

Referenced Policy:

Programming Polcy Adopted by the PNB on Nov. 16, 2008

Pacifica must increase its audience dramatically so that stations can survive, maintain quality programming, and not be
vulnerable to fluctuations in pledge revenue, recessions and unforeseen events. Therefore, our programming must have
impact and be mission-driven and our stations must strive for audiences worthy of full-power, major-market and
prime-time exposure. The Programming Committee emphasizes that mission fulfillment, should be as significant as audience
and revenue generation in determining what gets and stays on local station airwaves. Clearly, local stations need to
balance their allocation of programming between the airwaves, the internet and HD sidebands.

The Programming Committee supports the principle that local station program schedules must include national programming
and network broadcasts, in addition to local programming, to sustain growing, broad-based audiences. However, network
access to local station airwaves is key to any network recovery plan, so, we feel the terms of such a policy would best
be negotiated by Pacifica’s next ED with station managers and program directors, and submitted to the PNB for approval,
so that the ED will have the capacity to impact the long-term health of the local stations.

In order to further these aims, we propose the following resolutions:

#1 Resolved: The development of national programming, in concert with the local GMs, PDs and appropriate National
Office Staff shall be part of the job description of the Executive Director. The ED is authorized to pursue foundation
and grant funding as a significant revenue source capable of developing local and national programming and production
assets.

Pacifica shall develop internet and digital platforms, in conjunction with innovative licensing technologies, to create
worldwide exposure for local station programming, Pacifica Radio Archives (“PRA”) and affiliates programs, by creating
access for audiences beyond local station signal areas to local station programming. National Office staff shall be
responsible for implementing this, in conjunction with GMs, PDs and paid and unpaid staff.

#2 Resolved: GMs and PDs at all stations will be responsible for developing quantifiable program goals as part of an
overall national strategy for audience growth, designed specifically to:
- reach listeners who are not currently listening;
- convert more listeners to members; and,
- reach-out to nonrenewing and inactive members.
In order to achieve such goals, including those requiring changes in programming, all stations will develop objective
measures to assess mission fulfillment, review program schedules and evaluate individual programs. These
review/evaluation processes and procedures will be developed in consultation with national staff and local station paid
and unpaid staff. Public concerns and needs of non-listeners, listeners and members shall be included in these review &
evaluation processes.
Local stations are encouraged to allocate budgetary and staffing resources to improve the production of existing
programs, in order to reach larger, more diverse audiences and develop new programming capable of reaching new listeners
with new voices.

Plans for reaching the agreed-upon goals should include but are not limited to:

- increasing stations’ presence during, and coverage of, local events;
- cross-promoting programs with other local nonprofit media;
- taking advantage of grants available from community foundations, governmental entities and private foundations;
- working with nonprofit organizations to enhance and promote their local programming; and,
- encouraging programmers to place articles about their programming in free media, including online outlets.

Requests for these plans will be submitted by the Programming Committee through the PNB to the ED. Such plans will be
submitted in writing by local station GMs and PDs through the ED to the Programming Committee and on or about December
31, 2008 and formally presented to the PNB at its January 2009 meeting.

#3 Resolved:
The National Program Committee recommends that the PNB adopt a position on underwriting by non-profit groups.

The PNB's Programming Committee members, for the balance of this calendar year, will seek ways to work in consultation
with the National Office, with LSB Program Councils/Committees, LSBs and with General Managers, Program Directors and
programmers to solicit their input, and promote a collaborative process to implement programming policies, goals and
plans.